Alonso and Massa messing around with Ferrari 458 Italia

Before the start of Australian Grand Prix, Ferrari’s pilots – Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, made a brief stop in Barcelona, at the Circuit de Catalunya, where they had some fun with a Ferrari 458 Italia.

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa inside Ferrari’s 458

Alonso and Massa testing Ferrari 458 Italia Video

Who laughs last laughs best! Kimi Raikkonen won the Australian Grand Prix

Kimi Raikkonen won the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, big surprise, in the first round of this season’s Formula 1 after # 1 was awarded to Finn Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus. The two big favorites, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, finished in second.

2013 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix Results

Pos

No

Driver

Team

Laps

Time/Retired

Pts

1

7

Kimi Räikkönen

Lotus-Renault

58

Winner

25

2

3

Fernando Alonso

Ferrari

58

+12.4 secs

18

3

1

Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull Racing-Renault

58

+22.3 secs

15

4

4

Felipe Massa

Ferrari

58

+33.5 secs

12

5

10

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

58

+45.5 secs

10

6

2

Mark Webber

Red Bull Racing-Renault

58

+46.8 secs

8

7

15

Adrian Sutil

Force India-Mercedes

58

+65.0 secs

6

8

14

Paul di Resta

Force India-Mercedes

58

+68.4 secs

4

9

5

Jenson Button

McLaren-Mercedes

58

+81.6 secs

2

10

8

Romain Grosjean

Lotus-Renault

58

+82.7 secs

1

11

6

Sergio Perez

McLaren-Mercedes

58

+83.3 secs

12

18

Jean-Eric Vergne

STR-Ferrari

58

+83.8 secs

13

12

Esteban Gutierrez

Sauber-Ferrari

57

+1 Lap

14

17

Valtteri Bottas

Williams-Renault

57

+1 Lap

15

22

Jules Bianchi

Marussia-Cosworth

57

+1 Laps

16

20

Charles Pic

Caterham-Renault

56

+2 Lap

17

23

Max Chilton

Marussia-Cosworth

56

+2 Laps

18

21

Giedo van der Garde

Caterham-Renault

56

+2 Laps

Ret

19

Daniel Ricciardo

STR-Ferrari

39

+19 Laps

Ret

9

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

26

+32 Laps

Ret

16

Pastor Maldonado

Williams-Renault

24

+34 Laps

Ret

11

Nico Hulkenberg

Sauber-Ferrari

0

Fuel System

Just over an hour and 30 minutes! It’s all Finn Raikkonen needed to impose itself in the Australian Grand Prix in the first round of the 2013 F1 season. It seems the tires contributed to his victory, as Raikkonen had only two pit stops. Leaving from pole position, Sebastian Vettel was leading until his first pit stop.

In his first race for Mercedes GP, Lewis Hamilton managed to finish fifth, ahead of Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Romain Grojean. Best time of the race was set also by Kimi Raikkonen, clocked 1:29.274 on his 56 lap. The next stage of the competition will take place next week in Malaysia. Better luck next time Ferrari!